Disclaimer: I do not own Trigun or any of the characters in Trigun except for the one(s) I make up for this fanfic. :P This is my first fanfic, so please go a little bit easy on me.

Chapter 1: The Promise

Luke's POV

My name is Luke Davidson. A lot of people know me as the lead singer of a popular, up-and-coming Alternative semi-Christian rock band called Stonesword. But enough about the band. About three months ago, I had received word that my brother had passed away. My brother was a man of God, a priest who would smoke about three cigarettes a day. A couple of weeks before he died, he wrote me saying that his girlfriend was pregnant with his child and that if something should happen to him, he wanted me to look after his child. I have the spent the last three months of my life touring with the band and searching throughout the planet Gunsmoke looking for my brother's girlfriend. I didn't tell any of the other band members about my mission, nor do I plan to tell them anytime soon.

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It's been three months since the Humanoid Typhoon Vash the Stampede defeated his brother Knives. Since then, he has come back into Meryl's life. They have revealed their love for each other and have gotten engaged. The couple now lives together with Meryl's best friend Milly, who is still in grieving over Wolfwood's death. During the day, Milly acted as if everything was perfect, but at night, thinking about Nicholas was the only thing keeping her awake. Every night, she would start crying uncontrollably until she finally cried herself to sleep. One night, Vash and Meryl were outside looking up at the starry night sky. Vash took a glance at the window in Milly's room where he saw her on her bed, crying uncontrollably.

"Do you do flood insurance?" Vash asked Meryl.

"I don't think I do, why do you ask?" Meryl replied.

"Because she could drown herself to death if she doesn't stop crying." Vash jokingly remarked.

Meryl got mad and promptly punched Vash on the top of the head.

"Owww! What did you do that for?" Vash asked as he held his head in agony.

"That's our friend you're talking about. The father of her unborn child is dead. How could you be so cruel?"

"It's just that...I'm concerned about her. She's been like this ever since Wolfwood died. I don't want her to go through life being miserable and crying herself to sleep every night. It isn't good for her or the baby. We need to think of something to help take her mind off of Wolfwood."

About a second or two later, Vash came up with an idea.

"I got it!" Vash exclaimed.

"What is it?" Meryl asked.

"There's gonna be a concert tomorrow night. We could take her to that."

"That would be great. Who's performing?"

"Stonesword. They're an alternative semi-Christian rock band."

"Milly's into that kind of music. I'm sure she would have a great time."

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Not too far from there, the band checks into a motel. Luke walks to his bed and falls backward onto the bed. He then reaches into his pocket and takes out his wallet. He opens his wallet and takes out a photo of Vash, Meryl, and Milly.

"I feel like I've searched all over Gunsmoke and I still haven't found you. I made my brother a promise, though. I will continue to look for you until I find you so I can help you raise his child."

He puts the photo back in his wallet and lays his wallet on the side table next to the bed. He then kneels down beside the bed and starts praying.

"Lord, I pray to you tonight that you will help me find my brother's girlfriend so I can help her raise her child. I also pray that you are looking over her on Gunsmoke and helping her cope with this loss and that you are looking over my brother in Heaven as I speak to you right now. In Christ's name I pray. Amen."

With those words, he climbed into bed and easily fell asleep.

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Milly was wide awake in her bedroom. She couldn't fall asleep because her mind was on Nicholas, the first person she truly loved. She cried more and more every time she thought about him.

"Oh, Mister Priest, why did you have to die? We were supposed to get married and spend the rest of our lives together! You weren't supposed to die!"

She looked in the mirror and placed her hand on her abdomen. She wasn't showing but her breasts had grown considerably larger.

"Poor baby. It's gonna grow up without a father to love it and take care of it."

Milly then walked to her bed, fell face-down and began to cry on her pillow until she finally cried herself to sleep.